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Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! A US financial regulator has granted a no-action letter to Bitnomial Exchange, which allows it to offer event contracts and prediction markets. Under this exception, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) excludes Bitnomial from strict swap data reporting rules that apply to fast-moving platforms issuing many contracts daily.However, transparency requirements remain: the exchange must publish consumer-facing timestamp and sales data on its website and must supply requested information to the regulator. Did you know? Want to get smarter & wealthier with crypto? Subscribe – We publish new crypto explainer videos every week!…
The Bitcoin (BTC) network mining difficulty, the relative computing challenge of adding a new block to the decentralized blockchain ledger, fell slightly to 146.4 trillion on Thursday, in the first difficulty adjustment of 2026. “The next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment is estimated to take place on Jan 22, 2026, 04:08:12 AM UTC, increasing the Bitcoin mining difficulty from 146.47 T to 148.20 T,” according to CoinWarz. Average block times are 9.88 minutes at the time of this writing, slightly below the 10-minute target, which means the next difficulty adjustment will increase slightly to align better with the target block time. The Bitcoin network…
The Wyoming Stable Token Commission announced that the Frontier Stable Token, known as FRNT, is now available for public purchase through Kraken, a Wyoming domiciled crypto exchange. The launch marks the first time a public entity in the United States has issued a fiat backed and fully reserved stable token, placing Wyoming at the center of a fast growing global market estimated at around $300 billion. A Public Stable Token With Real World Impact Stable tokens are digital assets designed to hold a steady value, usually tied to the US dollar. FRNT follows this model and is fully backed by…
Chains with built-in privacy may attract finance, healthcare, and real-world asset projects that cannot operate on fully transparent ledgers. A leading venture capital firm in the digital asset space, a16z crypto, has published a series of forecasts for 2026, arguing that privacy, decentralized communication, and stronger security frameworks will define the next phase of blockchain development. The views shared by the firm’s general partners this week suggest a move away from competing on transaction speed alone and toward building systems that offer genuine user protection and institutional-grade infrastructure. Privacy Moves From Add-on to Core Infrastructure In a social post…
The outage was the second major network disruption in 2025, with both incidents requiring a block reorganization that rolled back some activity.The team behind Starknet, an Ethereum layer‑2 (L2) scaling network, released a post-mortem report outlining the root cause of the temporary mainnet downtime on Monday.The root cause of the mainnet downtime was a discrepancy in the network state between the blockifier execution layer and the proving layer that checks that the execution layer is processing transactions correctly, according to the report. The Starknet team explained:“In one specific combination of cross-function calls, variable writes, reverts, and catching them, the blockifier…
In their latest press release, Nasdaq and the CME Group announced the launch of the Nasdaq CME Crypto Index. This index focuses on top digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Chainlink. For LINK, this update comes at a technically delicate time. And, it could affect the altcoin’s directional move in the near future. How to approach a key market gap At the time of writing, the altcoin’s price was retracing into a key market imbalance zone around $13. This price level has acted as a launchpad during LINK’s previous rallies. As the price returned to this zone, selling pressure…
The Bitcoin (BTC) community is celebrating the anniversary of cypherpunk and Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney’s post on January 10, 2009, telling the world that he was running the Bitcoin node software“Running Bitcoin,” Finney said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Finney was the recipient of the first Bitcoin transaction on the network.He was born on May 4, 1956, and pursued a career in computer science and cryptography, and was one of the first people to respond to Satoshi Nakamoto’s publication of the Bitcoin whitepaper. Source: Hal FinneySatoshi sent Finney 10 BTC, valued at over $900,500 at today’s prices, and was…
Bitcoin whales began repeating a classic bull signal as they took BTC long positions off the table after a year of declining overall market exposure.Bitcoin (BTC) whales are “aggressively” reducing long exposure as a classic bull signal reappears.Key points:Bitfinex whales are rotating out of BTC long positions — something that preceded major price gains in the past.A Wyckoff-style “spring” bottom should come next before a major reversal, analysis says.Whale holdings drop by around 220,000 BTC in 2025.Bitcoin whales trigger six-figure BTC price targetData from TradingView reveals that whale long positions have started dropping after hitting a peak of 73,000 BTC…
SharpLink Gaming reportedly pulled in $33 million in income by staking Ethereum, after committing its entire crypto treasury to ETH. Ethereum traded near $3,100 during the disclosure, still well below SharpLink’s average buy price. That tension says a lot about today’s crypto market, where yield now matters as much as price. SharpLink now holds about 864,000 ETH, making it one of the largest corporate Ether holders on the planet. Even with ETH off its highs, staking rewards kept flowing. This mirrors a broader shift as companies treat Ethereum less like a lottery ticket and more like a cash‑producing asset. For…
Circle Internet Group’s stock has slipped back near the $83 area after losing much of its post-IPO momentum. The focus now sits on whether CRCL stock can regain strength before January ends. CRCL Stock Stays in $79–$84 Range The shares were last trading around $82.90. The range of the price action indicated the range of prices was between $79 and $84.33 and the trading volume remained lower as compared to the three months average. The weekly performance has become modestly positive although the monthly trend still indicates weakness. The 52-week range of the stock is however between about 64 and…